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aetna funace al.....many thanks for the story......its nice to know that other young kids were mispending their youthful days hiking in the barrens.......i thought,as probably you did,that i was the only dysfunctional kid doing such crazy things.......i did love those beck books.........still...

if i recall correctly, pasadena road forks after passing the old railroad tracks on the right........the left is well traveled by gravel trucks from the quarry near seventy two........the right hand fork,when last i traveled it........was almost overgrown with trees on the side.........the paved...

bruset, hi ben,.......loved the pics of you and the bride.......what a lovely girl......press on, karl

bach2yoga, hello bach.......in a contary mood......i must be getting old......but must disagree with that statement you use from gunaranta.......a hindu mystic i presume.......first off,we must cling to the truth and basic values.........we must reject untruth and false values.....one should...

shucks, you poor younguns still working and raising kids.......ive been retired six years,and try never to get up before nine am......i do admit grandkids do interfere with that plan now and then........it is nice to be up and hiking on the trails early though.......it does bother me that they...

bruset, HI BEN, ME AGAIN..........WHO WAS CHARLES WILLS...........KARL

bruset, HI BEN......LOVED READING YOUR REVIEW OF THE THIRTEENTH CHILD.....LORDY,IT DOES SOUND BAD........I HAVE ALWAYS FOUND THE LEGEND OF THE JERSEY DEVIL TO BE RATHER RIDICULOUS AND PURE CHILD LIKE FANTASY.......WHAT MRS LEEDS PROBABLY HAD WAS A BADLY DEFORMED CHILD WHO TOOK TO THE WOODS AND...

HI RENEE.........ENJOYED YOUR REMARKS ON DATING CHIMNEYS.........EVEN AN OLD PINEY LIKE ME CAN ALWAYS LEARN SOMETHIN NEW.........ANY OTHER WAYS OF DATING RUNINS YOU CAN THINK OF, DO WRITE ABOUT THEM............PRESS ON,KARL

HI FOLKS, SOMEONE RECOMMENDED THE SWEETWATER CASINO FOR GOOD SEAFOOD THE OTHER DAY........BUT I CANT FIND ANY ADDRESS FOR IT IN THE PHONE BOOKS .........THEY MUST BE DOING WELL SINCE THEY DONT ADVERTISE AT ALL.......HAS ANYONE EATEN THERE........IS IT REALLY AN Y GOOD........WHERE THE HECK IS...

TeeGate, HI TEEGATE.......PANCOASTAL HIGHWAY IS THE TRAIL MARKED ON OLD MAPS RUNNING FROM WARREN GROVE AREA TO THE COAST BY FORKED RIVER... IT BEGINS TWO OR THREE MILES WEST OF THE MIRAGE ENTRANCE OFF WEST BAY AVENUE,AND BORDERS THE KARA AND MIRAGE COMMUNITIES ON THE NORTH......I NOTICED THE...

bears and rattlesnakes this old piney believes that black bears cannot survive well in the pine barrens....they need a lot of berries and other types of plants that dont grow down here....im not surprised that they end up eating sheep....too bad, id love to see them take root down...

blue hole HI BARRY, MANY THANKS FOR YOUR VERY ACCURATE AND WELL WORDED ADVICE ON HOW TO GET TO THE BLUE HOLE..........HAVE READ ABOUT IT FOR MANY YEARS,AND ITS BOTTOMLESS BOTTOM......AM ALWAYS IMPRESSED BY THE MATURITY AND INTELLIGENCE OF THE MEMBERS OF THIS WEB SITE......SUCH A NICE...

I SHOULD MENTION ALSO THAT THE BLACK RACER OF WHICH I SPEAK WAS QUITE HARMLESS,BEING NON POISONOUS,BUT THAT DOESNT HELP MUCH WHEN YOU ARE BIG CHASED BY ONE,WITH HIS HEAD RAISED TWO FEET OFF THE GROUND............AND TEN FEET LONG.....GOLLY GEE

black racers??????? in all my years hiking the barrens,i have yet to see a snake.....shows you how elusive they are.....in new england,where i grew up,and hiked ....the largest and scariest snake was a long,thick bodied snake called up there,a black racer.....often grew to be ten feet...

the straight road......... yep, youre right......the straight road is one of the oldest in the state......also known as route 554,or west bay avenue.....i was surprised to see that some municipality is putting up new,blue and white road signs at the entrance off route 554......but oddly...

you young kidsare losing it.............hiked into wells mills today from rte 72.........four miles in ,four miles back........by foot..............i was sixtyseven last birthday............but lordy,i do admit,my body felt it ..............the old pancoastal is now used by constr crews of...

TRA...............GOOD QUESTION.............WHAT YOU SAW WAS THE FORMATION OF BOG IRON..............IT OCCURS NATURALLY IN THE PINE BARRENS,AND THE OILY SLICK IS THE FIRST STEP IN THE FORMATION OF ORE...........ANOTHER FIFTY YEARS AND IT WOULD SETTLE OUT AS RUST COLORED IRON..................IT...

HI BARRY,..........LORDY,THATS ALL WE NEED ...........ANOTHER SEX OFFENDER IN THE PINES..............I WAS REALLY IRATE ABOUT THAT BOOT CAMP THEY BUILT NEAR CARRANZA CAMPGROUND.............EVERY TIME I CAMP THERE , I LAY AWAKE THINKING OF ALL THOSE JUVENILE DELINQUENTS AND OLDER UP THERE,READY...

BEN, YOU ARE SO RIGHT...............I WAS SADDENED TO SEE BUZBYS TURNED INTO ANOTHER YUPPIE BOOK STORE.............I RECALL THE DAYS WHEN IT WAS A REAL CORNER COFFEE AND GENERAL STORE...................BUZBY ALWAYS ASSUMED I WAS A LOCAL,AND NEVERCHARGED ME FOR COFFEE...............MAYBE IT...

MOVING INTO THAT AGE CHALLENGED COMMUNITY OF MIRAGE IN BARNEGAT NEXT MONTH..........AM A BARRENS HIKER FROM WAY BACK......IM SIXTYSEVEN AND STILL HIKING.........MORE SLOWLY THOUGH............I SEE ON THE OLD MAPS, THERE IS A PANCOASTAL HIGHWAY JUST NORTH OF MY PLACE AT MIRAGE..........I PRESUME...